Trouser hanger



Feb 15, 1938. c, FORSBERG 2,108,555

TROUSEB HANGER Filed Oct. 26, 1936 J22 yen for D. JOm'be Patented Feb. 15, 1938 a PATENT OFFICE f L mousin HANGER j 1 leapa Witness, .1- Appnafia osaa26, icjsermi'no. 107,634: 1.

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his ent n. late t ar ent. ha e and pgn ticularly to such as are intended for hanging creased trousers "so' as: to support. them in suchmanner as'to'ma intai emai obi or s nv n hanger that may be'en'gaged and disengaged by a simple operationwiththe garmentthat is to be 'sup'ported so'as to apply the same strain to both legs of the trouser and support-the two legs in the proper normal relation to each other and whereby the weight of the trousers will contribute to the spreading thereof and intensify the grip of the trouser hanger thereon; to provide a device of this kind that can be readily manipulated by one hand while the cuffs of both legs of the trousers are held by the thumb and forefinger of the other hand; and to provide a trouser hanger of this type that consists of a simple Wire structure adapted for mass production at low cost.

A specific embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective side View.

Fig. 2 is an edge view taken from the top of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing how the device may be grasped by one hand of the operator to contract it for engagement with the trousers.

Fig. 4 shows the device in engagement with the legs of a pair of trousers with a portion of one of the trouser legs broken away.

In the form shown the trouser hanger is made almost entirely of wire and consists of two spreader bows each formed of a single piece of wire bent upon itself, the bows being substantially identical in form except that they have oppositely oflset portions at the points where they are connected together in two places.

Each bow is formed of a single wire which is bent upon itself at a point intermediate its ends to form a small eye I, and the two parts are then bent together to form the hook or hanger member 2. At 3 one of the parts is coiled about the other and forms the arm 4 which extends outwardly and is bent downwardly to form a wing portion 5, while the other part continues practically straight to form the shank 6. The two parts are then brought together and bent in. a small are l, the part of the wire which forms the shank 6 forming a shank 8 at an acute angle to the shank 6 and the part of the wire which forms the wing 5 extending as areinforcement 9 along the shank 8 and having its end coiled v de' a simple and inexpensive armors-reuse at;lfl about'theqshankt. .At the. upper end of I the :shank,8.- "this wire is.,tber 1.t; to form a small looprlll and iswthepi b ntfdpwnward o a wing?portion-Lland a b eor on which extends back tot e shank. nd s its end 14 5 securedibyjcci ineit around the ank p ornplete hanger is made up of two such spree how la ed si e by d nd, se d t g ther. by pi ets and 16.. n. e 0 1 l and 1 .t--.' .?h. ,199 s 2 i the tw w are 10 QfisQMQWa i. ethete e the loops H are bent ito extend toward each other 'an d overlie, and thus the two spreader bows are rigidly held together so as to lie side by side in parallel planes spaced just sufficiently apart to easily accommo- 5 date the thickness of the cuff portions of the trouser legs that lie between them when the trouser is supported as in Fig. 4.

The shanks 6 and 8 meet at l at an acute angle, but the bending of the wires at the point 20 l is such as will not injure the wires in the bending operation.

In the operation of suspending a pair of trousers, the trouser legs are placed side by side and held in proper registering relation so that the 25 operator can suspend them by grasping the cuffs of the trouser legs between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand at a point adjacent the end of the cuffs which is at the left of Fig. 4. He then grasps the hanger in his right hand and compresses it as shown in Fig. 3, and inserts the respective spreader bows in the two trouser legs by entering the wing portions 5 first and then rocking the bows downward until the wing portions I2 engage the opposite crease.

In compressing the bows the shanks 5 and 8 are forced toward each other, some of the bending taking place at 1 and 9 but the bending is mainly accommodated by the unbraced portions l8 of the shanks 8.

The wings 5 and I2 are preferably provided with roughened outer edges as indicated in Fig. 1 so that when they are seated in the creases of the trouser legs there will be sufiicient friction to hold the trouser legs firmly through the normal tendency of the device to expand after it has been compressed for insertion into the trousers. The wings 5 and I2 are of such curvature that by rocking the device as-it is inserted into the trouser legs it can be adjusted to accommodate various trouser widths. This will be apparent from a consideration of Fig. 3 where the dotted are H) represents a circle struck from the apex of the angle at 1 between the shanks 6 and 8.

To accommodate narrower trousers the wings 12 are rocked upwardly and to accommodate wider trousers they are rocked downwardly with respect to the position in which the device is shown in Fig. 4. On account of the friction between the wings 5 and I2 and the inner surfaces of the creased trousers legs the device takes a firm grip on the trousers and the weight of the trousers when the hanger is supported on the hook 2 tends to pull the shank 8 downwardly, expanding the spreader bows and increasing the grip on the trousers.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it will be understood that certain details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A trouser hanger comprising a pair of bows each comprising a pair of shanks integrally connected in upwardly diverging V-shaped formation, one of said shanks being bent upon itself to form a wing facing outward therefrom adjacent the apex of said V-shaped formation, and the other of said shanks being bent upon itself to form an outwardly facing wing adjacent its opposite end, said wings being adapted to extend along and be seated within the respective creases of a trouser leg, and said bows being fixedlyconnected together to lie in registering positions in spaced parallel planes.

2. A trouser hanger comprising a pair of bows each comprising a pair of shanks integrally connected in upwardly diverging V-shaped formation, one of said shanks being bent upon itself to form a wing facing outward therefrom adjacent the apex of said V-shaped formation, and the other of said shanks being bent upon itself to form an outwardly facing wing adjacent its opposite end, said wings being adapted to extend along and be seated within the respective creases of a trouser leg, and said bows being fixedly connected together above said wings so as to lie in registering positions in spaced parallel planes.

3. A trouser hanger comprising a pair of spreader bows spaced apart laterally, each of said bows comprising a pair of shanks disposed at an angle to each other so as to converge at their lower portions and each of said shanks carrying a wing portion disposed to face away from the wing portion of the other shank and adapted to extend along and be seated within a respective crease of a trouser leg, one of said shanks being bent to form a supporting hook at its upper end and being fixedly attached to the upper end of the corresponding shank of the other bow, and one of said shanks of each bow being resiliently flexible for normally urging the wings of the respective bow apart.

CARL D. FORSBERG. 

